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"Following Saturday's game against Vanderbilt, senior Daniel Hood spoke passionately about head coach Butch Jones and the foundation that he is building at Tennessee. . . . Hood recounted his experiences Saturday night, including tough last-second losses like the one that had just taken place. He said things were changing, though, because Tennessee "finally" had the right coach in place. [Elsewhere, Hood was quoted as stating that Every person in that locker room believes that 100 percent" (Tennessee Vols playing to avoid historic loss | The Tennessean | tennessean.com)]. "I believe the culture is finally starting to change," Hood said. "We are finally working the way a Tennessee program is supposed to work. We are starting to build the right foundation. Sometimes good things you have to wait for, right now is one of those times. We have to push through."
. . . . The work that Jones has done has also left an impression on Hood's fellow senior Ja'Wuan James. "The program is going to be great, it is way different than what I had in the past," James said. "He has done so much in this little period of time. The underclassmen have now built that relationship and trust with him. They can now do everything the right way, which is Coach Jones' way, in order to be successful."
James admitted last week that his dedication in the weight room had not been where it needed to be earlier in his career. Jones said James has been able to use the lessons he learned from that to make sure the underclassmen know what it takes to be successful in the SEC. "This football team means everything to him," Jones said about James. "He holds court at the training table and lectures everyone on the mistakes that he made early in his career from the weight room to that standard of performance. Your body is your weapon. When the younger players hear that, it helps everyone."
Punter/kicker Michael Palardy, who has experienced his best season in the orange and white, feels that Jones and his staff have been a big factor in the strides he made this season and he's anxious to see how they help the rest of the Volunteers grow beyond this year. "I have so much confidence in this coaching staff and the young guys on this team," Palardy said. "I know we lose a lot of seniors, but the fact that we have so many young guys that have experience in games; they get to show the new guys coming in during the spring or fall how things should be done. Coach Jones is implementing a system where situations like this never happen again. I have the utmost confidence in this coaching staff". . . . Now that Team 117 is down to its final act, James and Palardy said the team is focused on getting one more win, another piece of the foundation for Team 118.
"We are focused on this game, it starts a win streak," said Palardy. "We don't want to give up on ourselves or on this team because we want to end strong, positive, and 1-0 to start a winning streak for teams to come" ( Looking For One More Brick - UTSPORTS.COM - University of Tennessee Athletics).
. . . . The work that Jones has done has also left an impression on Hood's fellow senior Ja'Wuan James. "The program is going to be great, it is way different than what I had in the past," James said. "He has done so much in this little period of time. The underclassmen have now built that relationship and trust with him. They can now do everything the right way, which is Coach Jones' way, in order to be successful."
James admitted last week that his dedication in the weight room had not been where it needed to be earlier in his career. Jones said James has been able to use the lessons he learned from that to make sure the underclassmen know what it takes to be successful in the SEC. "This football team means everything to him," Jones said about James. "He holds court at the training table and lectures everyone on the mistakes that he made early in his career from the weight room to that standard of performance. Your body is your weapon. When the younger players hear that, it helps everyone."
Punter/kicker Michael Palardy, who has experienced his best season in the orange and white, feels that Jones and his staff have been a big factor in the strides he made this season and he's anxious to see how they help the rest of the Volunteers grow beyond this year. "I have so much confidence in this coaching staff and the young guys on this team," Palardy said. "I know we lose a lot of seniors, but the fact that we have so many young guys that have experience in games; they get to show the new guys coming in during the spring or fall how things should be done. Coach Jones is implementing a system where situations like this never happen again. I have the utmost confidence in this coaching staff". . . . Now that Team 117 is down to its final act, James and Palardy said the team is focused on getting one more win, another piece of the foundation for Team 118.
"We are focused on this game, it starts a win streak," said Palardy. "We don't want to give up on ourselves or on this team because we want to end strong, positive, and 1-0 to start a winning streak for teams to come" ( Looking For One More Brick - UTSPORTS.COM - University of Tennessee Athletics).
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